Your Help is Essential! -Heathcare Reform-

Obama has said he would keep an open mind on health-care solutions. Yet when asked on March 5 about why he was against single-payer medicine, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs replied: “The president doesn’t believe that’s the best way to achieve the goal of cutting costs and increasing access.” Do you need to ask why? Could it be influence peddling?

The Top 10 politicial recipients for 2008 – See who is taking & who is giving – link

* Every 30 seconds, someone in the U.S. files for bankruptcy because of their medical bills. An estimated 18,000 Americans die each year from lack of insurance.

* Since 1999, average premiums for family coverage have climbed 119 percent, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit that tracks health-care issues. Out-of-pocket contributions for workers have more than doubled in that period.

* Employers are asking more from employees and covering less. More than 93 percent of workers with family coverage need to contribute to the total premium.

* Without universal health-care, the number of uninsured will rise to 54 million from 45 million today over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Your help is essential! These are your elected representatives! They do not work for the health insurance or pharma industries, they work for you. Tell them so! Tell them you support Single Payer/HR676 – You might also tell them you support term limits, and they need to do what they were “elected” to do! (LINK)